Big Time and the fresh start -- the new sales results and predictions mega-thread

[CyberHubbs]

Also. I predict #648 to sell...about a billion copies.

Give or take.

[whiteshark]

seriously spider-man has become like a drug to me

before BND...it was a pain waiting a month for a part 2 of a spidey story

i was like saying to myself...how i wish spider-man is like manga which is released weekly

so BND 3x a month was great...but if 2x a month gives more consistency and less continuity problem i am all for that.

in terms of sales...it would interesting if big time be consistent in the top 15 instead as a top 20

Yep.
In the past waiting for months and months and months to read a whole story arc was a bummer.
I prefer the 3 x a month format,and it helps the narative and direction of stories if they only happen in one title.

The change to 2x a month is cool as well since its prone to improve some things of the title as art inconsistencies or plot lines taking months to be resolved in the stories.
Since with only one writer the stories can move forward faster,and in the pat something that one writer introduced in the stories would take more time to be resolved due to rotation of writers,starting with Big Time only Dan Slott will be the writer of the title so that will not happen again.
Then its good that Amazing Spider-Man will have more pages,so while i was a fan of the old format i can say that the changes seem to improve the quality of the title.

About the sales,Amazing Spider-Man hold up in the Top 20 for the last three years with the title being in the Top 10 in many months so i think that with Amazing Spider-Man being a more consistent title from Big Time onwards it will apear every month in the Top 15.

[whiteshark]

Kids get allowances these days? I thought they just stole whatever money they needed.

Will nobody think of the money,kids spend of their allowances to buy comics!!

[Jim Thompson]

Kids get allowances these days? I thought they just stole whatever money they needed.

Don't confuse your childhood with theirs.

[CyberHubbs]

Don't confuse your childhood with theirs.

Man, Air Jordans were expensive!

They still make those, right?

[dcarner]

Also. I predict #648 to sell...about a billion copies.

Give or take.

At least you didn't say something unrealistic.

[CyberHubbs]

I prefer to keep things serious and on-topic.

[archash]

I prefer to keep things serious and on-topic.

i think you overshot a little dude. it'll probably top out on a million copies.

wouldn't it be cool if the comic shipped with the new costume as a freebie? (a SMALL one)...wait...i'm back to the 90's again

on that note, do you think dan slott would be kind enough to post pics of himself doing the happy dance if it sold more than 100k copies? come on dan slott! you are the man!

[Jim Thompson]

wouldn't it be cool if the comic shipped with the new costume as a freebie? (a SMALL one)...wait...i'm back to the 90's again

Polybag the issue. That's the answer!

[pedroparkero]

on that note, do you think dan slott would be kind enough to post pics of himself doing the happy dance if it sold more than 100k copies? come on dan slott! you are the man!

like the bendis dance?? hehe

love to see that

[pedroparkero]

seeing a lot of buzz around the net..

i expect 648 to be in the top 5 at least.

[sirvk]

I like Michele a lot too!

Michele was the best of the BND characters, it was sad to see her go.

[ShaggyB]

Michele was the best of the BND characters, it was sad to see her go.

but what do you really do with the mean roommate when he wont need a roommate?

[oldschool]

seeing a lot of buzz around the net..

i expect 648 to be in the top 5 at least.

I would tend to agree though I am really not sure about how many new #1's and event comics there are this month (there seem to be a fairly steady flow of both lately).

For what it's worth, though, when I got my copy yesterday at my LCS, the owner commented how surprised she was at the amount of customers coming in for a copy that had not been regular ASM readers and how briskly it was selling overall. Whether that means older (pre-OMD) readers were checking it out or it was attracting new readers, I cannot say.....but interesting to hear.

[stephen wacker]

seeing a lot of buzz around the net..

i expect 648 to be in the top 5 at least.

I'll take that bet!

SW